From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document
 the idea of what reiser4 wants to do with metafiles and why
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:05:18 -0400 EDT
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Hans Reiser wrote on Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:21:44 -0700:
> The Idea [...] Conclusion

Good summary!

> The Idea 2: [...]
> cat filename/pseudos/backup gives a set of commands that a backup
> command can use to create the file "filename" [...]

Are you sneaking in file types there?  Just how does a file know which
plugins it supports?

- Alex